Word: fears
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Angola watched devoutly. The old King had put on a swallow-tailed coat and extra wide trousers. His moustachios gleamed stark and white as he mounted the steps to the throne followed by his Queen, Isabella. His eyes were downcast and glued to his outturned feet for fear he might trip on his trousers. When at last he stood at the top, the crowd applauded. Pedro started to prostrate himself to kiss the Pope's slipper, but Pius, quicker than he, put out a restraining hand and proffered the papal ring instead. Then the two talked, and tears welled...
...Burnet thinks that man has less to fear from viruses than from bacteria. An outstanding fact about viruses, says he, is that their well-being depends on the health of their host. Unlike bacteria and insects, which are often out-&-out rivals of man, viruses can live only as long as the human being they infect. Unfortunately for the host, viruses often commit suicide by killing the patient. But in the long run, says Burnet, the virus varieties with the best chance of survival are those that "live & let live." Many of the viruses that infect man have evolved into...
...these wholesome doubts and cautions had to be understood against the background of the basic French reaction. TIME'S Paris Correspondent André Laguerre summed it up: "The fear that Americans may not back Marshall to the limit is the only factor tempering the enthusiasm of French opinion-just as the fear that the D-day landings in 1944 might not be successful added anxiety to that great news. In the French mind, the two events can be compared without injustice...
...Falange is not all-powerful. The Army and the Church hate and fear it. The three are held in uneasy alliance by the consummate skill of that underestimated little dictator, Francisco Franco, and by the inept and purely verbal opposition of the democracies...
There is trouble in other areas of the rubber business, too. In Malaya, there is so much natural rubber in storage that prices have fallen from around 21? a lb. to as low as 15?. Some planters fear that they may fall to 10?. The reasons are 1) the club held over crude prices by U.S. synthetic-rubber production and 2) estimated world production of 1.2 to 1.5 million tons of natural rubber in 1947, equal to 1941's alltime record...